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Title

Portrait of Kenneth H. Olsen

Catalog Number

102630448

Type

Still Image

Publisher

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Dimensions

6 1/2 x 8 in.

Format

Photographic print

Description

Black and white image of Kenneth Olsen. Image is only 3 x 3 in. The rest of the area is white. Caption on seperate paper: "Kenneth H. Olsen, president and founder of Digital Equipment Coporation, is a 1952 graduate of MIT (BS and MS degrees). His work on the MTC computer and on the TX-0 and TX-2 transistorized computers at Lincoln Labs led the way for Digital in 1957. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Research and Development Corporation, a Director of the Shawmut Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the Polaroid Corporation. Among other associations, Mr. Olsen has served on the Computer Science and Engineering Board of the National Academy of Sciences and the President's Science Advisory Committee. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and of the Corporation of the Joslin Diabetes Foundation, and is a Deacon at the Park Street Church."